Briefly: Netflix Slays Streaming Market, Batman Arkham Knight Review

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Netflix has ten times more Aussie subscribers than Foxtel, Stan or Quickflix, Batman Arkham Knight review, get 42% off Lenovo laptops and desktops.

Well, that didn't take long. According to the latest Roy Morgan research, Netflix has ten times more Aussie subscribers than Foxtel, Stan or Quickflix. In just a few months, the popular streaming service has rocketed to 1,039,000 subscribers in 408,000 households. Gizmodo has the story.

The hotly-anticipated video game Batman Arkham Knight is just around the corner. Here is the official Kotaku review.

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Australia's streaming market is about to get a whole lot more crowded. While each service isn't that expensive individually, once you bundle up all the options, it gets completely ridiculous. For anyone wanting a piece of all the exclusive content, that's very bad news.
In the interest of public service journalism, we decided to crunch the numbers for you to better understand what the future of streaming is going to cost you. (Spoiler: It's a lot.)

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